The men were booked at the city jail and transferred to the California Institution for Men in Chino, police reported.

There are currently 178 sex offenders in the city, 95 of whom are listed on the Megan’s Law website, according to the department.

Detectives of the Huntington Beach Police Department Crimes Against Persons Unit, parole agents from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Orange County Probation Officers all played a role in the sweep.